Group: Hardware/Computers/Laptops/Laptops with fatal flaws/Common Laptops
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| − | Many laptops still have non-free software | + | Many laptops still have non-free software<ref name="bootstrap-firmware">This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...).</ref> that initialises the hardware before loading the operating system. |
| − | This software can have many names (BIOS, EFI, UEFI etc...). | ||
Theses laptops are discussed here. | Theses laptops are discussed here. | ||
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| + | == Compatible == | ||
| + | Some of theses laptops are able to run 100% free GNU/Linux distribution out of the box. | ||
| + | But the software<ref name="bootstrap-firmware"></ref> that does the very first hardware initialisation isn't part of the distribution. | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 08:23, 30 October 2014
Introduction
Many laptops still have non-free software[1] that initialises the hardware before loading the operating system. Theses laptops are discussed here.
Compatible
Some of theses laptops are able to run 100% free GNU/Linux distribution out of the box. But the software[1] that does the very first hardware initialisation isn't part of the distribution.
